- From: Gregg Vanderheiden <gv@trace.wisc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:16:52 -0600
- To: Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
hmmm Interesting to ask if Web Apps are Web Content or User Agents. I had always thought of them as Web Content. What are the thoughts that led them to be considered as User Agents? (we are working on server based user agents -- but they function as virtual user agents to other content including Web Apps. They aren't Web apps themselves)... Gregg ----------------------- Gregg Vanderheiden Ph.D. Director Trace R&D Center Professor Ind and Biomed Engr University of Wisconsin-Madison On Dec 11, 2008, at 11:47 AM, Jim Allan wrote: > > DRAFT---DRAFT > > This draft integrates changes made as a result of comments received > on the > xxx Public Working Draft and also includes changes resulting from > restructuring and updating the document to reflect changes in > technology. > Substantial changes include: > > Principle 1: Comply with applicable specifications and conventions > Guideline 1.1 and associated success criteria have been > re-conceptualized to include web-based user-agents (web > applications) and > ensure they conform to WCAG20. > Guideline 1.2 and associated success criteria focus on operating > system base user agents and ensure they conform to the standards and > requirements of the operating system. > > PRINCIPLE 2. Facilitate programmatic access by assistive technologies > All guidelines and success criteria reflect a total rewriting and > restructuring that incorporates changes in technologies since UAAG10, > specifically the use of accessibility architectures on native > platforms > running user agents. > > PRINCIPLE 4. Ensure that the user interface is operable > Guideline 4.1 Ensure full keyboard access. The working group has put > considerable effort into overhauling keyboard accessibility. It > provides new > success criteria derived from the review and gap analysis of other > keyboard > accessibility requirements documents. > > The Working Group seeks feedback on the following points for this > draft: > > * Are there concerns about the inclusion of web-applications as > user-agents > * Does the inclusion of success criteria related to accessibility > platform architectures provide sufficient guidance to user agent > developers > when developing accessible user-agents? > * Is the guideline on keyboard access complete? > * Are there any other areas in which the guidelines may be lacking? > > Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator & Webmaster > Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired > 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756 > voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9264 http://www.tsbvi.edu/ > "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964 > > > > >
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